EBIf Twitter hadn’t told me, I wouldn’t have known today was Earth Day. It’s funny, because I’ve been thinking a lot this week about two of our books, one out now and one on sale in May, that deal with our environment, how we should appreciate it, and how we might be destroying it.
Richard Horan’s Seeds went on sale this week. It’s about his quest to gather tree seeds from the trees at the homes of America’s most famous authors, people like Faulkner, Wharton, and others. It’s been compared to The Orchid Thief and Driving Einstein’s Brain. Horan is a one-of-a-kind guy, and this book is about his one-of-a-kind adventure. He’s on tour now, and he’s on facebook.
Hannah Nordhaus’s The Beekeeper’s Lament doesn’t go on sale until May 24, but it’s a book that has a lot of fans in-house and at bookstores already. Elaine Petrocelli of Book Passage called John Miller, the beekeeper at the heart of the book, “a true hero.” If you’ve ever heard anything about bees disappearing and wanted to know more, this is the book to read. It led to my having an “a-ha!” moment as I drove through California and passed grove after grove of almond trees, all pollinated by bees. They do a lot for us, and I had no idea!
